Secondary Education

Program Objectives

The Department of Education offers teacher education programs for students seeking
teaching careers in specific subject areas for grades five through twelve. Most of
the programs are inter-departmental, with the exception of General Science Broadfield, Social Studies Broadfield, and Technology Education Broadfield, which are totally administered and housed within the Department of Education. Therefore,
students who wish to complete any of the aforementioned majors will enroll in the
Department of Education, whereas students who wish to complete any of the other majors
will enroll in the departments offering the teaching options in their chosen areas.

In addition to its secondary programs, the Department of Education provides foundation
coursework which is valuable to teachers at all levels in such areas as history and
philosophy of education, multicultural education, educational psychology, human development,
assessment, curriculum, content area reading, instructional computing, and exceptionality.